“Assembly Analytics”, a new tool just launched by Assembly, the schools data platform, focuses on metrics that can be tied to a standardised scale in order to create reliable national benchmarks, to improve the quality of data used to compare schools across the country. The tool has been created in collaboration with Reach4 and another

ACADEMY SCOOPS BEST PRIMARY SCHOOL AND BEST PRIMARY HEAD AWARDS! Primary Academy, Greengate Lane in Sheffield, was honoured with two awards in The Star Best in Education Awards 2016 this week.  The annual awards celebrate the unsung heroes in the region’s local schools. Greengate Lane Primary School won both Best Primary School and Best Primary

Reach4 Academy Trust today formally welcomed four South Yorkshire primary schools into the Reach family.  Byron Wood, Hillside Academy (formerly Conisbrough Balby Street), Edenthorpe Hall and Greengate Lane primaries are all now part of the academy trust. The total number of schools in the South Yorkshire area to have formally joined the Trust is now

Welcoming Lower Meadow to Reach4, Libby Nicholas CEO of Reach4 said: “We are delighted that Lower Meadow Primary School in Sheffield formally joins the Reach4 family today. We have been working very closely over the last few months and look forward to building on the strong foundations in place to deliver an education that promises

Reach4 Academies Trust is currently looking for professionals to join Local Governing Bodies. Could you help? What do we need from you? We want your professional skills, strategic thinking and willingness to challenge and push us harder. We believe in effective governance at every level, starting from where decision-making has its greatest impact i.e. at school

Congratulations to Sir Steve Lancashire, the Chief Executive of Reach4 Academy Trust and its sister organisation, REAch2, who has been knighted today by His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales. Sir Steve Lancashire was recognised in the New Year Honours for his services to education. Sir Steve grew up as part of a mining community

Sir Steve Lancashire, the CEO of academy trusts REAch2 and the newly formed Reach4 was recognised today in the New Year Honours, receiving a Knighthood for his services to education. Sir Steve is also Executive Headteacher of Hillyfield Primary Academy in Walthamstow. REAch2 is the largest and one of the most successful families of primary

Academy Trust pledges to an “education with no boundaries” Two Sheffield primary schools have pledged to join the Reach4 Academy Trust. Hartley Brook Primary School and Hatfield Primary School in Sheffield are amongst the first six schools in the country to join the pioneering new Trust. The news follows on from the recent announcement of

Four Barnsley schools will be the first academies to join Reach4. Carrfield Primary Academy, Highgate Primary Academy, The Hill Primary Academy and Goosacre Primary Academy will formally transfer from the Navigate Academies Trust to Reach4 on 1 April 2016. Reach4 has the highest expectations when it comes to academic results, but the Trust’s aspirations go